and to the fact there are actually 14 so far including this one PLUS many spin offs.

i think the name comes from the fact that each one has world ending consequences.

If I'm not mistaken the reason they named the game Final Fantasy is because (Squaresoft I believe it was at the time) was basically about to go out of business or something of the sort. So they had one last project, and they named it "Final Fantasy" as it'd be their final project. Turns out it was a huge success, so they decided to continue making them since they were such a huge success :D

If I'm not mistaken the reason they named the game Final Fantasy is because (Squaresoft I believe it was at the time) was basically about to go out of business or something of the sort. So they had one last project, and they named it "Final Fantasy" as it'd be their final project. Turns out it was a huge success, so they decided to continue making them since they were such a huge success :D

Right, something to this effect. But either way, I'd like to see more Tactics...

ive been waiting on this game for around 5 years now its been too much to bear. these games have never been bettered imo excluding ffx-2 that is. mw2 is the only game that ive spent more game time on than these i remember ff8 taking me something like 80 hours to finish. my dad is nearly 60 and still loves these games

ive been waiting on this game for around 5 years now its been too much to bear. these games have never been bettered imo excluding ffx-2 that is. mw2 is the only game that ive spent more game time on than these i remember ff8 taking me something like 80 hours to finish. my dad is nearly 60 and still loves these games

ive been waiting on this game for around 5 years now its been too much to bear. these games have never been bettered imo excluding ffx-2 that is. mw2 is the only game that ive spent more game time on than these i remember ff8 taking me something like 80 hours to finish. my dad is nearly 60 and still loves these games

FFX-2 i have that game, i chringe each time i pick it up, horrible

I'm honestly not sure why it gets as much flak as it does. The battle system in it was pretty fun if you ask me, but hey, whatever works for you.

horrible when youve waited so long for its release ive been playing fallout 3 again recently to get back into the whole patience aspect of playing rpgs. i read the japanese review for ff13 somewhere which said the whole world map and ability to explore it at will has been removed surely thats not true can anyone confirm this? one of my favourite pastimes in the ff series was searching every possible location for the hidden summons. in ff12 i only missed 2 i think and lets face it the epic end battles are alot easier when you have the top gf/aeons

horrible when youve waited so long for its release ive been playing fallout 3 again recently to get back into the whole patience aspect of playing rpgs. i read the japanese review for ff13 somewhere which said the whole world map and ability to explore it at will has been removed surely thats not true can anyone confirm this? one of my favourite pastimes in the ff series was searching every possible location for the hidden summons. in ff12 i only missed 2 i think and lets face it the epic end battles are alot easier when you have the top gf/aeons

yes the world map has been removed because of the particular storyline. there's also very few (if any) NPCs who you can interact with.

the storyline i think is supposed to resemble a race against time. so flying around in your airship has been taken out. :(

it's a shame because i do love that part but if they can pull it off this could be one of the most exhilarating games ever made.

FFX-2

meh...

the only one since VII that i haven't completed.

i like the battle system now i can see it as the logical progression to FFXII's battle system.

to me now FFX-2 was a tester game for ideas going into XII.

and the dress-sphere thing was a horrible horrible addition (like some kind of ugly mutated mix of materia and the sphere grid.

Should I be interested (buy it perhaps) because I've never played a FF (well yeah once), and I always hear people talk about how good and epic FF must be. Is it "newb" friendly enough in that way, both the storyline and difficulty/controls?

Should I be interested (buy it perhaps) because I've never played a FF (well yeah once), and I always hear people talk about how good and epic FF must be. Is it "newb" friendly enough in that way, both the storyline and difficulty/controls?

Chances are the game will be simple enough to where someone who is new to the genre will be able to complete it, there will most likely be challenges for you here and there considering you may not know how things work. I haven't seen many of the game play videos, but most of the recent FF's have been pretty challenging if I'm not mistaken.

But I'd say pick it up, over time you'll become better acquainted with the controls and the battle system and whatnot